title: Estimating reliable paediatric reference intervals in clinical chemistry and haematology.
abstract: Very few high-quality studies on paediatric reference intervals for general clinical chemistry and haematology analytes have been performed. Three recent prospective community-based projects utilising blood samples from healthy children in Sweden, Denmark and Canada have substantially improved the situation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The present review summarises current reference interval studies for common clinical chemistry and haematology analyses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Sciences, Clinical Chemistry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ridefelt
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hellberg
authors.forename: Mattias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aldrimer
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gustafsson
mesh_terms: D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis / Q000592:standards*; D002648:Child; D006405:Hematology / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000592:standards; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012016:Reference Values; D013223:Statistics as Topic
keywords: Children; Clinical chemistry; Haematology; Paediatric; Reference interval